The Chicago blizzard of 1979 was a major blizzard that affected northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on January 13-14, 1979. It was one of the largest Chicago snowstorms in history at the time, with 21 inches (53 cm) of snowfall in the two-day period. [1] The winter of 1978-1979 will long be remembered for not only heavy snow, but bitterly cold temperatures. A winter season record of 52.9 inches of snow fell over the area and the average temperature during the winter was a record low of 14.1F. January 1979 was a record breaking month in terms of both snowfall and arctic cold temperatures.
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The severe winter of 1978-79 By Weather-history November 9, 2006 in Historic Weather Share Followers 0 1 2 3 4 5 Next Page 1 of 5 Weather-history Members 25.3k Location: Irlam Posted November 9, 2006 The coldest winter since 1962-63. The CET for the winter was 1.6C The first cold spell of this winter began in the last week of November. On Feb. 18 and 19, 1979, an epic winter storm took Mid-Atlantic forecasters by complete surprise. The storm buried much of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area under more than 20 inches of snow,. Many Chicagoans, (those present and those who have heard stories passed down), remember that so-called blizzard of winter 1979. More than 21 inches of snow was dumped in Illinois and northwest. The cold wave of 1978 was a weather event that occurred in the Eastern United States. Beginning in December 1977 and lasting until March, it produced one of the coldest winters on record in all states east of the Rocky Mountains, except Maine. Timeline December During December 1977, a cold wave started around the eastern United States.
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Remember that nasty winter of 1978-1979? The Quad-City region with hit with another fierce snowstorm. On Jan. 14, 1979 the National Weather Service recorded an official snow depth of 28. On an ordinary winter day in early 1979, rather unremarkable other than the fact that it was "bitterly cold", the Mid-Atlantic states braced for an incoming weekend snowstorm. Forecasts called for around four to six inches of snow to fall across the region over President's Day weekend. However, that was not to be. 1:46. The Blizzard of '78 was a catastrophic storm that killed about 100 people and injured 4,500 more — and caused more than $500 million in damage — when it slammed into Northeastern states. The Winter of Discontent was the period between November 1978 and February 1979 in the United Kingdom characterised by widespread strikes by private, and later public, sector trade unions demanding pay rises greater than the limits Prime Minister James Callaghan and his Labour Party government had been imposing, against Trades Union Congress (TU.
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Winter 1979 overview The winter of 1978/79 was the third coldest of the 20th century. Although December 1978 had been a rather cold month, the coldest weather was reserved for January and February. Both months were very cold with widespread snowfall. The 'Winter of Discontent' began on 24 August 1978, when Ford car workers put in a claim for a £20 per week rise and a 35-hour week, which amounted to a rise of 25 per cent in annual pay. They were offered 5 per cent, and on 22 September 1978 they struck. Around nine weeks later, the strike settled with a 16.5 per cent wage increase.
1979, Snow Storm of 1979. The winter of 1979 started brewing in January with numerous deaths in the Northern U.S., the Midwest and Europe attributed to record snowfalls and sustained zero and subzero temperatures. Locally, we had one snowfall and ice storm after another in January and February culminating in record snowfalls on the Saturday and. The notorious winter of 1978-1979 remains the snowiest we've seen, with 89.7 inches falling. The year before saw 82.3 inches, according to the National Weather Service. As of Tuesday morning, Chicago is at 43.9 inches this winter at O'Hare Airport, the official measuring location in Chicago.
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Posted at 6:35 AM, Jan 14, 2016 and last updated 10:55 AM, Jan 26, 2021 CINCINNATI - Record cold in 1977. Record snow in 1978. The Ohio River froze in '77. A crippling blizzard hit in '78. For two. The Blizzard of '79 did not set a record. The Chicago snowfall record is still held by the blizzard of Jan. 26-27, 1967, which dumped 23.0 inches. Two more recent blizzards have also dumped more.
